If angels can't have sex to produce offspring why did the men of Sodom try to take the angels sent to Lot for sexual purposes? Some suggest that they were not really angels? They did eat a meal with Abraham before visiting Lot. It sounds like they are physical beings, not some spirit appearing.
The answer is simple. The four kings invaded and killed off all the rephaim in the land not long before when Lot was captured. The men of Sodom wanted those angels to produce more rephaim for them. They wanted to breed them with their wives and daughters to produce more giants and mighty men under their control. It had nothing to do with homosexuality. The Canaanite religion is full of references angelic offspring. Just translate all the place names in the book of Joshua in the land of Canaan. There are MANY references.
If you don't study name meanings, you miss all kind of knowledge provided by scripture. A good example is the 'field of Zophim' on Mt Pisgah. Pisgah means 'to pass within/through the cleft' and was a place of Asherah worship, ie 'mother earth'. Pisgah is a reference to having sex with 'mother earth'. Zophim is the Hebrew word for Watchers, a term used for fallen angels. A field is where the seed is planted in the earth. It is a pagan reference to Watchers having sex with the goddess Asherah, the mother of pagan gods. It was one of 3 high places of the Baalim that Balaak offered sacrifices. Each of the high places was dedicated to a different member of the Baalim (Canaanite pantheon). That is why Balak tried to get Balaam to curses Israel 3 different times by offering sacrifices to 3 different members of the Baalim hoping one would work.
Nu 22:
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
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Nu 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Peor is also a sexual reference again meaning 'cleft'. Baalpeor (lord of the cleft) was worshiped here by sexual worship. Baalpeor is a fertility god, a grandson of Asherah by her daughter Ashtoreth.
The pagan gods had children but the source of some of them was the Watchers/angels via the goddess Asherah.
So who was Asherah?
The above scriptural references do have references with Watchers/Angels having sex to produce offspring and were worshiped via sex acts and pagan gods came from that sex. That is a major component of the pagan sexual practices and the Canaanites knew sex with angels produced new gods, giants and mighty men. This is why the men of Sodom wanted the angels for sexual purposes.
The entire Canaanite religion is based on sex with angels to produce additional gods.
This sheds a new light on the sons of God and the daughters of man of Gen 6 but of course this is the post-flood corruption.
The answer is simple. The four kings invaded and killed off all the rephaim in the land not long before when Lot was captured. The men of Sodom wanted those angels to produce more rephaim for them. They wanted to breed them with their wives and daughters to produce more giants and mighty men under their control. It had nothing to do with homosexuality. The Canaanite religion is full of references angelic offspring. Just translate all the place names in the book of Joshua in the land of Canaan. There are MANY references.
If you don't study name meanings, you miss all kind of knowledge provided by scripture. A good example is the 'field of Zophim' on Mt Pisgah. Pisgah means 'to pass within/through the cleft' and was a place of Asherah worship, ie 'mother earth'. Pisgah is a reference to having sex with 'mother earth'. Zophim is the Hebrew word for Watchers, a term used for fallen angels. A field is where the seed is planted in the earth. It is a pagan reference to Watchers having sex with the goddess Asherah, the mother of pagan gods. It was one of 3 high places of the Baalim that Balaak offered sacrifices. Each of the high places was dedicated to a different member of the Baalim (Canaanite pantheon). That is why Balak tried to get Balaam to curses Israel 3 different times by offering sacrifices to 3 different members of the Baalim hoping one would work.
Nu 22:
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
...
Nu 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
...
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Peor is also a sexual reference again meaning 'cleft'. Baalpeor (lord of the cleft) was worshiped here by sexual worship. Baalpeor is a fertility god, a grandson of Asherah by her daughter Ashtoreth.
The pagan gods had children but the source of some of them was the Watchers/angels via the goddess Asherah.
So who was Asherah?
The above scriptural references do have references with Watchers/Angels having sex to produce offspring and were worshiped via sex acts and pagan gods came from that sex. That is a major component of the pagan sexual practices and the Canaanites knew sex with angels produced new gods, giants and mighty men. This is why the men of Sodom wanted the angels for sexual purposes.
The entire Canaanite religion is based on sex with angels to produce additional gods.
This sheds a new light on the sons of God and the daughters of man of Gen 6 but of course this is the post-flood corruption.